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C. L. GLAFCKE.

FILING CASE. APPLICATION FILED IAN. s1, 1910.

'0. L. GLAPGKE.

' FILING CASE.

AIPLIOATVIQH `FILED .T-AI. 31. 1910. 965,177. Patented July 26, 19m.A

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CHARLES L. GLAFCKE, OF lVllICI-HGAN CXTY, ENI)Ni.l

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Michigan City, county of Laporte, and State of Indiana, have inventedcertain new and useful lniprovel'nents in Filing-Cases, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fiiling cases, the object of theinvention being` the production of a filing case adapted for businesspurposes which shall be simple of construction and convenient in use.

A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the easemay be increased in size to meet the demands of a growing` business inorder that the initial expenditure may boreduced to a minimum.

*Other object/Savill appear hereinafter.

1vllith these objects inv View my invention consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter fullydescribed and particularly pointed out in the appended clanns.

My invention further consists in a modification in the filingreceptacles used in the device.

My invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification, and 1n which,

` Figure` l is a front elevation of my improved filing case in itspreferred form, 2 is a transverse section taken on line mof Fig. l, Fig.3 is a transverse section taken on line y-y of Fig. l, Fig. 4: is aperspective vieW of partitions usedin the device, Fig.' 5 is aperspective view of a filing receptacle supporting tray, Fig. 6 is aperspec-- tive view of a filing receptacle, Fig. 7 1s a verticallongitudinal section of said filing receptacle, Fig. 8 is a perspectivevievv showingthe modified forni of tiling receptacle, and Fig.' 9 is alongitudinal section of the latter. u

Referring now to the' drawings l designates the bottoni of the filingcase which is y preferably .of Wood and rectangular in form,

and 2 the.,top of the filing case which is similar' to the bottomthereof. 3 designates ends of the case which are only essential to4render the device neater in appearance. Detachable slotted partitions 4and 5 are pro- I vided which are adapted lto support and separate thefiling` receptacles which will be described hereinafter. The partitionsfl and peeieation of Letters Patent.

.Application filed January 31, 1910.

Patented {fnly 2?, tfliiitlt Serial No. 541,956.

5 are provided with side and. end portions, i

thc former being provided with recesses t, as clearly slimvn in Fig. fi.lin order to se cure the partitions et and 5 together and to properlyposition the same'betwcen the bottom and top portions l and 2respectively bolts 7 are provided which pass through the recesses (3 andsaid top and bottom of the case and when the nuts of said bolts aretightened the partitions are firmly secured in place. The filingreceptacle trays 8 are substantially rectangular in forni and areprovided with side portions 9 which have downwardly extending flangesadapted to engage the slots l() of the partitions Li and 5. These tra(ls are removable in order that 'the case may be increased or decreased insize as desired.

lilach filing receptacle ll comprises a sheet metal rectangular boxhaving a hinged lid 12 the size of the same being; approximately equalto the size of the ling receptacle tray 8 so as to be capable ofsliding. on the latter. The lid l2 is hinged ,to the receptacle by meansof a rod 13 having ak bent arm. 14 at one end thereof the hinged jointbeine' formed by means of extensions l5 provided on said lid'. The armlt is provided to auto?.` matically open the lid l2 when the receptacleis .nearly Withdraivnfroin the case., and in order to do this the end ofsaid arm contacts with an end of a partition. l2-his obviously causesthe arm' to rotate and tov card-holding members 16 and 16, and theA card17 inserted therein may' have the addresses or other informationregarding parties Whose letters or other business papers are containedin the receptacle.

ln the modified form of receptacle supplementary lids 18 are providedand hinged to sides of the receptacle at right angles to the rearthereof by means of the rods 19, Said rods are suitably pivoted andprovided With radial arms 19 by means of which said. lids may bemanually opened or closed as desired. The lids 18 are also provided withcard-liolding,l members similar to those provided on the lid l2 andWhichmay contain similar information When the business papers of two 'ormore parties are filed in the receptacle. Each tiling receptacle il isprovided with a number card as shown in l Fig. 1, and in` order to holdsaid cards in position card-holding members 15 are provided.

While I have shown what I deem to be the preferable form of m imp'rovedfiling case I do not wish to be i'mited Vthereto-as there might bevarious changes made in the details of construction andA arrangement ofparts described, and hence I desire to avail myself of such changes andmodifications as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the ap endedclaims.

aving described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure byLet- .ters Patent is:

1. In a device of the class described, a casing comprising top andbottom longitudinal members, transverse partitions interposed betweenand connecting said members each of which is provided with a pluralityof horizontal slots, trays having flanges adapted to seat insaid slots,and filing receptacles partitions arranged in couples and inter-A posedbetween said members, means for detachably securing said partitions toether and to said members, trays the si es of which form downwardlyextending flanges adapted to engage the slots, filing receptacles formedto slide on said trays, and lids hinged to said receptacles andadaptedto open automatically when the receptacles are.

.between said members, means for detachabl securing said couplestogether and to sai members, trays the sides of which form downwardlyextending anges adapted to engage the slots of said partitions, filingreceptacles supported by said trays and designed to slide thereon, andlids hinged to said receptacles by means of rods each of which isprovided with an arm which isA adapted to engage the end of a partitionjust before the receptacle is full withdrawn to open a lid,substantially as escribed.

5. In a device of the class described, top and bottom elongatedrectangular members, horizontally slotted partitions arranged in couplesdetachably secured to said members and to each other by means of bolts,trays the sides of which form downwardl eX- tending flanges to engagethe slots o said partitions, liling receptacles supported by said traysand designed to slide thereon, lids hinged to the top of saidreceptacles and means for automatically opening and closin the same,card-holding members arranged on the inside of said lids, and numbercard-holding members arranged 011 the front of each receptacle,substantially as described.

In Atestimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence 'of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES L. GLAFCKE.

Witnesses:

JANET E. HOGAN, JOSHUA R. H. Porre.

